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What Causes Discomfort Between The Breast Bones?
My discomfort is circular, stemming from between the breast bone, yet impacts the back also. Know that I ve already had my gall bladder removed. I ve dealt with this for a number of months...a hand full of mild attacks. Today is worse than any other...yet still labeled as between mild and quite uncomfortable .
Fri, 12 May 2017
Hi, thank you for trusting Healthcare Magic.
I understand your concerns and I hope this explanation can help you.
Since you are undergone Cholecystectomy, maybe you are at risk of some complications after laparoscopy. The main disanvantages of laparoscopic surgery is a higher risk for injury to the bile duct. This might be one of the possible causes of pain or discomfort experiences in that area. The other possible causes are pancreatitis or gastro oesophageal reflux disease or GERD.
To relieve the discomfort, you can take sucralfat that acts as a protective surface of the gastric mucosa of stomach. You can take this medicine especially if you want to sleep and after waking up in the morning.
Contact your surgeon immediately if you feel this symptoms:
1. Drainage, bleeding, or swelling at any incision site
2. Pain that worsens or is not relieved by medication and comfort measures
3. A sudden fever
Hope this helps.
Take care...
dr. Nurul Falah
I understand your concerns and I hope this explanation can help you.
Since you are undergone Cholecystectomy, maybe you are at risk of some complications after laparoscopy. The main disanvantages of laparoscopic surgery is a higher risk for injury to the bile duct. This might be one of the possible causes of pain or discomfort experiences in that area. The other possible causes are pancreatitis or gastro oesophageal reflux disease or GERD.
To relieve the discomfort, you can take sucralfat that acts as a protective surface of the gastric mucosa of stomach. You can take this medicine especially if you want to sleep and after waking up in the morning.
Contact your surgeon immediately if you feel this symptoms:
1. Drainage, bleeding, or swelling at any incision site
2. Pain that worsens or is not relieved by medication and comfort measures
3. A sudden fever
Hope this helps.
Take care...
dr. Nurul Falah
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